politics

  • Sheriff Joe’s Got to Go: Arizona’s Unfinished Election

    Here in New York, concerns about a fair and accessible voting process in this past Tuesday’s election revolved around after effects of Superstorm Sandy, which took a severe toll on infrastructure along the mid-Atlantic coast. In the face of ongoing… Continue reading

  • What Are We Doing In Libya?

    If your 8 year old daughter’s principal announced that she was implementing a bold new anti-bullying policy aimed at protecting her students from being victims of harassment and violence, you would probably be happy, wouldn’t you? But what if the… Continue reading

  • Jon Stewart and the Daily Show Crew on Libya

    This is one of those times when Jon Stewart says it best.  In this first video, Stewart interviews “Senior Libyan Correspondent” Aasif Mandvi on the war, er, I mean “coalition partnership imposing a no fly zone through a military operation”… Continue reading

  • “Women’s Work Is Real Work!”

    This woman is amazing. Christine Yvette Lewis appeared on The Colbert Show last night to promote the work of an organization called Domestic Workers United, which she describes as “a movement that organizes workers to assert their rights in the… Continue reading

  • Why I Am Not a Feminist

    Folks are always surprised to learn that I am not a feminist.  After all, an A.B. from Smith College is usually, in the eyes of U.S. academic theologians, a dead giveaway for a thoroughgoing, Gloria-Steinem loving, Vagina-Monologues-performing feminist (I did… Continue reading